Studying the safety impact of autonomous vehicles using simulation‐based surrogate safety measures

MM Morando, Q Tian, LT Truong… - Journal of advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology has advanced rapidly in recent years with some
automated features already available in vehicles on the market. AVs are expected to reduce …

Determination if VISSIM and SSAM could estimate pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at signalized intersections

J Wu, E Radwan, H Abou-Senna - Journal of Transportation Safety …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the optimum values of postencroachment time (PET) and time-to-
collision (TTC) parameters that would define a pedestrian-to-vehicle conflict at signalized …

Assessing surrogate safety measures using a safety pilot model deployment dataset

Z He, X Qin, P Liu, MA Sayed - Transportation research …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Emerging data sources such as Safety Pilot Model Deployment (SPMD) provide a great
opportunity to gain a better understanding of collision mechanisms and to develop novel …

[PDF][PDF] Reviewing traffic conflict techniques for potential application to developing countries

SMS Mahmud, L Ferreira, MS Hoque… - Journal of Engineering …, 2018 - academia.edu
The economic and social costs due to road crashes are disproportionately higher in
developing countries. In addition, underreporting, coupled with an incomplete and …

Real-time prediction of intermediate-horizon automotive collision risk

B Wulfe, S Chintakindi, SCT Choi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Advanced collision avoidance and driver hand-off systems can benefit from the ability to
accurately predict, in real time, the probability a vehicle will be involved in a collision within …

A novel intelligent vehicle risk assessment method combined with multi-sensor fusion in dense traffic environment

X Zheng, B Huang, D Ni, Q Xu - Journal of intelligent and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to accurately capture the risks which are caused by
each road user in time. Design/methodology/approach-The authors proposed a novel risk …

Safety prediction with datasets characterised with excess zero responses and long tails

D Lord, SR Geedipally - Safe Mobility: Challenges, Methodology and …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose–This chapter provides an overview of issues related to analysing crash data
characterised by excess zero responses and/or long tails and how to overcome these …

Microscopic simulation‐based high occupancy vehicle lane safety and operation assessment: A case study

C Li, M Karimi, C Alecsandru - Journal of Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study proposes two general alternative designs to enhance the operation and safety of
High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes at junctions with bus terminals or parking lots. A series …

Probabilistic safety analysis using traffic microscopic simulation

CL Azevedo, JL Cardoso, ME Ben-Akiva - arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.04776, 2018 - arxiv.org
Traffic microscopic simulation applications are a common tool in road transportation analysis
and several attempts to perform road safety assessments have recently been carried out …

Application of traffic conflict techniques as surrogate safety measures: a sustainable solution for developing countries

SM Sohel Mahmud, L Ferreira, S Hoque… - Recent Developments in …, 2018 - Springer
Social, economic and infrastructure losses due to road traffic accidents and their
consequences are very significant all over the world, particularly in developing countries …